Developers have opened showhomes on the site of the former American Adventure theme park. Harron Homes is inviting househunters to Shipley Lakeside, in Shipley, Heanor, that was formerly the home of the Missile rollercoaster, Silver City and the Runaway Train.
Estate agents marketing the property say there are peaceful, natural surroundings by Shipley Lake and plenty of walks and nature trails in the Derbyshire countryside. In the past, the area next to Shipley Park has been a colliery, an open cast mine, parkland and then two theme parks. Firstly the land was used for Britannia Park between 1985 and 1987, when it was remodelled more successfully as the American Adventure.
Now, as work progresses on the housing development at the site, the two show homes have opened to the general public, designed by Midlands-based interior designers Open Door Interiors. They promise homes with a hotel, rather than an American Adventure-style hoedown, feel, Derbyshire Live reports.
